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Dog Walkers - Charlie (14th Nov 2025 - 14:04:07) I was walking in Radford Park this morning and there was a female dog walker with 6 or possibly 7 large dogs. In my opinion this is extremely dangerous not only to other walkers with or without dogs but the dog walkers themselves. In this instance the lady seemed to be in control. She was crouched down low with the dogs and her arms were round a dog appearing to restrain it and she was holding the other leads. Luckily my dog is not aggressive or interested in other dogs and ran straight past. One person cannot control more than a maximum 3 dogs safely and even that is a bit of an ask if there is an incident. 2 dogs constitute a pack. There was a case about 2 years ago locally, when a dog walker tripped, fell and became entangled in the leads so could not get up. On of the 6 dogs she was walking killed her. To the dogs, she was the pack leader and down, so the next dog assuming the role of pack leader took charge and attacked. The dog went for her throat. Apart from the safety aspect, how can any one person clean up after 6 or 7 dogs. It is all about money as dog walkers are paid for each dog and it really should be illegal. I speak from an experience I had years ago in similar circumstances Please if you need your dog exercised chose someone who is responsible and sensible enough to walk only 2 or 3 dogs at any one time.

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